Saranya Ponvannan makes her Hindi Debut in Dulquer Salmaan’s Chup

Saranya Ponvannan, who started her film career with filmmaker Mani Ratnam's 1987 release Nayakan, recently made her Hindi film debut with director R. Balki's psychological crime-thriller film Chup: Revenge of the Artist (2022).

Interestingly, Ponvannan has made her language debut opposite both the father-son duo of Mammootty and Dulquer Salmaan. While she made her Malayalam debut in 1989 with the Mammootty-starrer Artham and is now in Chup opposite Salmaan

Born in Alappuzha, Kerala, Saranya is the daughter of Malayalam film director A. B. Raj who has directed over 75 films. After her marriage, she took an eight-year sabbatical and returned to films in 2003 as a character actor.